In a success against cyber fraud, an Indian Army soldier from Kandivali has recovered Rs 7.25 lakh that he lost to an online investment scam. The jawan, currently posted in Jammu and Kashmir, received the amount last month after the police had traced and frozen the funds in a bank account last year.

Police action

An official from Kandivli police station said that “due to the nature of his job, the soldier could not immediately visit the police station after lodging the tele complaint”. The police nevertheless traced the money trail, froze the funds, and later facilitated the reversal after the complainant completed court formalities in Mumbai.